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Originally Posted by Scalded Dog
It's always a shame to see a manufacturer of quality vehicles get hit with junk science. Audi suffered from claims of "sudden acceleration," yet the follow-up investigations all led to driver error as being the cause. Makes for great, titilating news, but the follow-ups don't generate the same publicity... it's just not as interesting, and people only remember the scary stuff. Toyota's "sudden acceleration," same thing. Volts? I'm no greenie... probably pretty far on the other end of the spectrum, in fact (flame on, I always wear a fire retardant suit when I post), but it looks like that, too, is a damn good car, tarnished by titilating news based on junk science. How many people have been injured or experienced the possible dangers posed by the car? Oh, yeah... none. ANYTHING is possible--- the wheels on my Camaro COULD all fall off simultaneously as soon as I hit 88 MPH... or the windshield could implode on me... or a factory worker might have dropped a live grenade in my seat uphostery... but these scenarios don't seem likely, so I'm gonna keep on driving it. I'd also feel perfeclty safe driving any Audi, Toyota, or Fiskar.
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Which science is "junkier"?
a) A few car sales lost because the car got a bad reputation.
b) A global economy destroyed because people wanted to sell certain types of cars that they claimed were better than other cars which were blamed for bad weather.